A number of different rule codes existed, such as the Cambridge rules and the Sheffield rules, meaning that there was often disagreement and confusion among players.
While no single individual can realistically lay claim to being the 'inventor' of football, Ebenezer Morley has been referred to as the 'father' of the Football Association. While Morley was not one of the public schoolboys, he was the founder of Barnes Football Club, and it was his letter to the newspaper Bell's Life that prompted the historic meeting which established the new rules.
That meeting, which took place on October 26, at the Freemasons' Tavern on Great Queen Street in London, involved representatives from 12 clubs and the game of football was soon codified. While those associated with football in England take pride in the fact that they can be said to be 'inventors' of modern football, other forms have been recorded elsewhere - and much earlier.
While Morley was not one of the public schoolboys, he was the founder of Barnes Football Club, and it was his letter to the newspaper Bell's Life that prompted the historic meeting which established the new rules. That meeting, which took place on October 26, at the Freemasons' Tavern on Great Queen Street in London, involved representatives from 12 clubs and the game of football was soon codified.
While those associated with football in England take pride in the fact that they can be said to be 'inventors' of modern football, other forms have been recorded elsewhere - and much earlier. Indeed, the earliest form of football is understood to be 'cuju' which was played in China during the Han dynasty from BC to AD. Like later forms of the game in England, cuju outlawed the use of the hands. The name of the game means 'common ball' and it involved two teams of players with numbers comparable to football with one ball.
Notably, though, players were allowed to use their hands. So we can see that a lot of different football games spawned across the world and changed over time. Luckily for fans today, though, the FA and FIFA decided to establish a new standard, one that could be enjoyed by everyone the world over.
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Follow Us. The PFSA. Metro Guardian The Sun. England and the other British countries did not join FIFA from the start, they had invented the game and saw no reason to subordinate to an association.
Still, they joined in the following year, but would not partake in the World Cup until Domestic leagues occurred in many countries. The first was, as already mentioned, the English Football League which was established in The leagues would by time expand by more divisions, which were based on team performance.
In would football for the first time be included as an official sport in the Olympic Games. Women's football was not added until As in many other sports the white male was predominant for a long time. In football black players started being present relatively early and in comparison with, for example, tennis, football has traditionally been known as a sport with a mix of black and white players.
Few other sports show examples of passion to that extent as football. The arenas are flocked by shearing people; and in front of television even more are watching carefully and sometimes with great enthusiasm. Already in the late 19th century, Goodison Park was built in England in purpose of hosting football games. In the year of the imposing stadium in Rio de Janeiro was ready for almost , people.
No other sport has seen stadiums of that capacity built to host its games. There have been two different traditions of fan culture on the arenas: the British and the South American. The British fans adopted the tradition of singing, the repertoire was inspired from pub and working songs among other areas.
The South Americans on the other hand would adopt the carnival style which included firecrackers and fireworks, and also the modern phenomena of Bengali fires. Fans in other countries have later adopted a mixture of these traditions.
In the first World Cup for women was held in China and has since then also returned every fourth year. Today the biggest global tournament for clubs is the Champions League played since , the former European Cup — In the late 19th century, only a few national football teams existed; England and Scotland had the first active teams that played games against each other in the s.
Another proof of the globalization could be seen in the increase of nations participating in the World Cup qualifiers: from 32 in to over in Football is definitely a global sport and without comparison the biggest in the world.
It offers the spotlight for individual brilliance while relishing the defiance and heart of collective endeavor. It has staged tragedy and comedy, epic and pantomime, unsophisticated music hall and inaccessible experimental performances.
It does imperious triumph, lucky escapes, impossible comebacks and stubborn stalemates. It captures the brilliance of unpredictability, the uncertainty of the human heart and human skill, of improvisation and chance.
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